Watch the Prologue. Focus questions: Where did we originate?
Who/what did we evolve from?
What environmental factors have affected the course of our evolution?
What major anatomical changes appear in hominids?
How has social development helped distinguish our species?
Watch the “Anatomy” documentary.
Describe the major feature that sets hominids like Australopithicus apart from apes? Why is this feature important?
Describe the major feature that sets things in the Genus Homo apart from the rest of the hominids? Why is it important?
According to Alan Walker, what was the reason that Homo erectus left Africa? When? Was this a “push” or a “pull”?
Homework: You will be assigned one of the hominid fossils from the list below. Your job is to research this hominid and create a tombstone with the following information: approximate age, important anatomical features, habitat/lifestyle/diet information, where they lived, cultural/behavioral developments.
You should try to incorporate the information into a poem or epitaph about this hominids life similar to what you might find on an actual tombstone.
Ardipithicus ramidus: - Lee_Angela Nov 29, 2007 Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis- cw1223 Nov 28, 2007 Australopithecus aethiopicus Aurstalopithecus africanus - JongHewk Dec 3, 2007 Australopithecus robustus Australopithecus boisei Orrorin turgenensis
HOMONID ANCESTORS
Choose one of these and claim it below the table.
Sahelantropus tchadensis Homo habilis- Carlynn Winkelman
Homo erectus - kevin-wang Nov 28, 2007
Homo neanderthalesis- ckaren Nov 28, 2007
Homo heidelbergensis - JiYoungKim Nov 29, 2007
Kenyanthropus platyops Homo floresiensis - srivastavsugandha Nov 29, 2007
Go to www.becominghuman.org and choose “Launch Documentary”.
Watch the Prologue.
Focus questions: Where did we originate?
Who/what did we evolve from?
What environmental factors have affected the course of our evolution?
What major anatomical changes appear in hominids?
How has social development helped distinguish our species?
Watch the “Anatomy” documentary.
Describe the major feature that sets hominids like Australopithicus apart from apes? Why is this feature important?
Describe the major feature that sets things in the Genus Homo apart from the rest of the hominids? Why is it important?
According to Alan Walker, what was the reason that Homo erectus left Africa? When? Was this a “push” or a “pull”?
Homework: You will be assigned one of the hominid fossils from the list below. Your job is to research this hominid and create a tombstone with the following information: approximate age, important anatomical features, habitat/lifestyle/diet information, where they lived, cultural/behavioral developments.
You should try to incorporate the information into a poem or epitaph about this hominids life similar to what you might find on an actual tombstone.
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Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus afarensis-
Australopithecus aethiopicus
Aurstalopithecus africanus -
Australopithecus robustus
Australopithecus boisei
Orrorin turgenensis
Choose one of these and claim it below the table.
Homo habilis- Carlynn Winkelman
Homo erectus -
Homo neanderthalesis-
Homo heidelbergensis
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Kenyanthropus platyops
Homo floresiensis -
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